2009 free agents Stories - SB Nation
Oakland Signs Orlando Cabrera, White Sox Receive Sandwich and 2nd Round Picks
The Oakland Athletics signed Orlando Cabrera to a 1 year, $4 Million contract. The White Sox will receive a supplemental first round pick (a/k/a sandwich pick) and Oakland's second round pi...
Undervalued Free Agents: Craig Counsell
With the news coming out that Troy Glaus could miss up to the first 5-weeks of the upcoming season while he recovers from shoulder surgery, the Cardinals are looking for third base solutions. This mor...
Valuing The Free Agent Starters
Other than Manny Ramirez's hair and the daily Steinbrenner rants, nothing creates more buzz during the hot-stove season than fans clamoring for their teams to add quality starting pitching. If y...
Please Stop Abusing Matt Holliday's Road Stats
Over the past few days, you can't escape arguments like this one if you've read anything about the A's-Rockies trade: Matt Holliday is a creation of Coors field. His career line on the road i...
Valuing The Free Agent Hitters
There's plenty of speculation floating around the web about how much the current class of free agents will sign for, but there's not as much discussion about what they should sign for. I come to...
An All-Hit, No-Field, Off-Season Experiment
This off-season there are a plethra of all-hit, no-field free agents available. Off the top of my head, I count: Manny Ramirez Pat Burrell Adam Dunn Jason Giambi Bobby Abreu Frank Thomas...
Edgar Renteria's Interesting Use of Pronouns
Considering the Detroit Tigers could still finish this season with a losing record, at least one player in their clubhouse is pretty chesty about their chances next year. The boasts are especial...
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